Peter McCaffery

9.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
125 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Peter McCaffery is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter McCaffery has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 21 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Peter McCaffery's work include Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (84 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (35 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (20 papers). Peter McCaffery is often cited by papers focused on Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (84 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (35 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (20 papers). Peter McCaffery collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Peter McCaffery's co-authors include Ursula C. Dräger, Sharon A. Ross, Luigi M. De Luca, Jörg Mey, Kirsty Shearer, J. Douglas Bremner, Patrick N. Stoney, Elisabeth Wagner, James E. Crandall and Karen Niederreither and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Peter McCaffery

120 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Retinoids in Embryonal Development

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter McCaffery United States	46	5.1k	1.2k	1.1k	914	790	125	7.0k
Norbert B. Ghyselinck France	54	6.3k 1.2×	719 0.6×	2.6k 2.3×	256 0.3×	1.1k 1.3×	114	8.9k
Christian Grimm Switzerland	51	6.2k 1.2×	1.7k 1.3×	471 0.4×	126 0.1×	203 0.3×	177	8.3k
Donald J. Zack United States	72	12.8k 2.5×	3.8k 3.1×	1.3k 1.2×	550 0.6×	164 0.2×	273	17.1k
Soo‐Kyung Lee South Korea	45	4.3k 0.8×	877 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	743 0.8×	52 0.1×	154	6.6k
Alessandro Cellerino Italy	46	2.5k 0.5×	1.6k 1.3×	397 0.4×	890 1.0×	77 0.1×	134	6.2k
Manuel Mark France	33	7.6k 1.5×	1.2k 1.0×	5.5k 4.9×	124 0.1×	531 0.7×	49	11.8k
Shanthini Sockanathan United States	29	2.9k 0.6×	634 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	709 0.8×	66 0.1×	45	3.9k
Stefano Stifani Canada	47	4.6k 0.9×	675 0.5×	975 0.9×	657 0.7×	37 0.0×	99	7.1k
Ling Chen China	45	2.4k 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	460 0.4×	406 0.4×	50 0.1×	233	6.4k
Aimee K. Ryan Canada	22	4.0k 0.8×	556 0.5×	1.9k 1.7×	140 0.2×	63 0.1×	48	5.7k

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Lerner, Vladimir, Peter McCaffery, & Michael S. Ritsner. (2016). Targeting Retinoid Receptors to Treat Schizophrenia: Rationale and Progress to Date. CNS Drugs. 30(4). 269–280. 14 indexed citations

McCaffery, Peter, et al.. (2014). The cultural history reader. Routledge eBooks. 3 indexed citations

Fragoso, Yára Dadalti, et al.. (2014). Expression in the human brain of retinoic acid induced 1, a protein associated with neurobehavioural disorders. Brain Structure and Function. 220(2). 1195–1203. 26 indexed citations

Shearer, Kirsty, Yára Dadalti Fragoso, Margaret Clagett‐Dame, & Peter McCaffery. (2012). Astrocytes as a regulated source of retinoic acid for the brain. Glia. 60(12). 1964–1976. 24 indexed citations

Shearer, Kirsty, Patrick N. Stoney, Peter J. Morgan, & Peter McCaffery. (2012). A vitamin for the brain. Trends in Neurosciences. 35(12). 733–741. 111 indexed citations

Goodman, Timothy, James E. Crandall, Sonia E. Nanescu, et al.. (2012). Patterning of retinoic acid signaling and cell proliferation in the hippocampus. Hippocampus. 22(11). 2171–2183. 55 indexed citations

Crandall, James E., Timothy Goodman, Deirdre M. McCarthy, et al.. (2011). Retinoic acid influences neuronal migration from the ganglionic eminence to the cerebral cortex. Journal of Neurochemistry. 119(4). 723–735. 31 indexed citations

Evans, James & Peter McCaffery. (2010). HPLC / MSN Analysis of Retinoids. Methods in molecular biology. 652. 149–162. 6 indexed citations

Shearer, Kirsty, Timothy Goodman, Alexander Ross, et al.. (2009). Photoperiodic regulation of retinoic acid signaling in the hypothalamus. Journal of Neurochemistry. 112(1). 246–257. 61 indexed citations

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Bremner, J. Douglas & Peter McCaffery. (2007). The neurobiology of retinoic acid in affective disorders. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 32(2). 315–331. 139 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Miyuki, Shinji Hirano, Y. Hayakawa, et al.. (2005). Retinoic acid influences the development of the inferior olivary nucleus in the rodent. Developmental Biology. 280(2). 421–433. 21 indexed citations

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Sakai, Yasuo, Tuanlian Luo, Peter McCaffery, Hiroshi Hamada, & Ursula C. Dräger. (2004). CYP26A1 and CYP26C1 cooperate in degrading retinoic acid within the equatorial retina during later eye development. Developmental Biology. 276(1). 143–157. 43 indexed citations

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Sakai, Yasuo, James E. Crandall, Jacob R. Brodsky, & Peter McCaffery. (2004). 13‐cis Retinoic Acid (Accutane) Suppresses Hippocampal Cell Survival in Mice. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1021(1). 436–440. 39 indexed citations

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McCaffery, Peter, et al.. (2003). Activation of retinoic acid signalling after sciatic nerve injury: up‐regulation of cellular retinoid binding proteins. European Journal of Neuroscience. 18(5). 1033–1040. 50 indexed citations

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Mey, Jörg, et al.. (2001). Sources and sink of retinoic acid in the embryonic chick retina: distribution of aldehyde dehydrogenase activities, CRABP-I, and sites of retinoic acid inactivation. Developmental Brain Research. 127(2). 135–148. 33 indexed citations

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Dräger, Ursula C., et al.. (2001). Chapter 41 Retinoic acid synthesis and breakdown in the developing mouse retina. Progress in brain research. 131. 579–587. 13 indexed citations

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Wagner, Elisabeth, et al.. (2000). A retinoic acid synthesizing enzyme in ventral retina and telencephalon of the embryonic mouse. Mechanisms of Development. 95(1-2). 283–289. 134 indexed citations

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McCaffery, Peter, et al.. (1999). Dorsal and ventral retinal territories defined by retinoic acid synthesis, break-down and nuclear receptor expression. Mechanisms of Development. 82(1-2). 119–130. 135 indexed citations

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Zhao, Dayao, Peter McCaffery, Kathryn J. Ivins, et al.. (1996). Molecular Identification of a Major Retinoic‐Acid‐Synthesizing Enzyme, a Retinaldehyde‐Specific Dehydrogenase. European Journal of Biochemistry. 240(1). 15–22. 279 indexed citations

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Marsh‐Armstrong, Nicholas, Peter McCaffery, George A. Hyatt, et al.. (1995). Retinoic acid in the anteroposterior patterning of the zebrafish trunk. Development Genes and Evolution. 205(3-4). 103–113. 22 indexed citations

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